Bjerkvik Church Explained

Bjerkvik Church
Fullname:Bjerkvik kirke
Coordinates:68.5485°N 17.5615°W
Location:Narvik, Nordland
Country:Norway
Churchmanship:Evangelical Lutheran
Denomination:Church of Norway
Diocese:Sør-Hålogaland
Parish:Bjerkvik
Status:Parish church
Functional Status:Active
Founded Date:1914
Consecrated Date:14 Aug 1955
Architect:Arnstein Arneberg
and Per Solemslie
Architectural Type:Long church
Materials:Concrete
Capacity:320

Bjerkvik Church (Norwegian: Bjerkvik kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Narvik Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Bjerkvik. It is the church for the Bjerkvik parish which is part of the Ofoten prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, concrete church was built in a long church style in 1955 using plans drawn up by the architects Arnstein Arneberg and Per Solemslie. The church seats about 320 people.[1] [2]

History

The first church was built in Bjerkvik in 1914. Allied forces destroyed it on 13 April 1940, during World War II. Its replacement was completed in 1955 and consecrated that same year on 14 August by the Bishop Wollert Krohn-Hansen.[3] [4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bjerkvik kirke . 2018-11-11 . Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen.
  2. Web site: Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker . 2018-11-11 . KirkeKonsulenten.no . Norwegian.
  3. Web site: Store norske leksikon . Store norske leksikon . Bjerkvik . 2012-06-04 . Norwegian.
  4. Web site: Bjerkvik kirkested . 2021-03-19 . . Norwegian.